WHICH SECTION IN THE ENGLISH EXAM ARE YOU WEAKEST IN?

[Blakhitman]

I'm definitely memorising for context, pretty sure anything >1000 words (that makes sense) will get me a 7/10, which is what I want essentially.

[werdna]

A memorised context essay will not get you a 7/10... unless you can seriously pull off the reworking of the essay..

[methodsman]

memorizing is very risky, but highly rewarding if your lucky with the questions they give you. i seriously doubt anyone has ever written an original piece on the day - surely there must have been some sort of recall. my point was to modify your ideas to fit the question; not to commit memorized written diarrhea.

[98.40_for_sure]

I've got chunks of stuff memorised (probably 50-100ish words per chunk?). i just slot them in and make it flow. They probably would fit in 90% of i&b prompts.
The chunks usually consist of a broad sentence, an expansion on the broad idea, examples from both texts, comparing and contrasting.

[Blakhitman]

A memorised context essay will not get you a 7/10... unless you can seriously pull off the reworking of the essay..

So...you don't believe methodsman got A+?

memorizing is very risky, but highly rewarding if your lucky with the questions they give you. i seriously doubt anyone has ever written an original piece on the day - surely there must have been some sort of recall. my point was to modify your ideas to fit the question; not to commit memorized written diarrhea.

lol obviously you have to fit in the prompt, and can't write exactly what you've memorised...unless the same prompt pops up. WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME.

and my writing is not diarrhea (it actually smells worse) thank you very much :p

[matt123]

A memorised context essay will not get you a 7/10... unless you can seriously pull off the reworking of the essay..

So...you don't believe methodsman got A+?

memorizing is very risky, but highly rewarding if your lucky with the questions they give you. i seriously doubt anyone has ever written an original piece on the day - surely there must have been some sort of recall. my point was to modify your ideas to fit the question; not to commit memorized written diarrhea.

lol obviously you have to fit in the prompt, and can't write exactly what you've memorised...unless the same prompt pops up. WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME.

and my writing is not diarrhea (it actually smells worse) thank you very much :p

To be honest.
I have this ONE story for context
which i adjust to EVERY prompt ive done so far.

There is no need for me to waste time thinking of ideas when ive already memorized the intro and first 3 paragraphs .. all i gotta do in each prompt is simply ... adjust the ending to fit
easy

[physics]

the smart people that say their worried makes me 1000000000000000000times more worried.

[Greggler]

context is one where you probably could just regurtitate 95% of something you've already done and just alter a couple of words/sentences here and there and still walk away with a 7 or something.

the prompts are just so broad and ambiguous; and anyway, i do an expos and the only original bits in my essays are my intros and conclusions, topic sentences, concluding sentences, and when im discussing an example i try to tailor it to the prompt.

But essentially, ive written like 5 different expository essays and im just sick of them, my core discussion is the same in just about every essay, just using the same quotes and examples.

[werdna]

the smart people that say their worried makes me 1000000000000000000 times more worried.

I'm seriously getting worried.... this time should be spent doing hardcore study for English.. but I'm here. LOL.

[saaaaaam]

I'm seriously getting worried.... this time should be spent doing hardcore study for English.. but I'm here. LOL.

This has been the story of my life for the past week.

[iffets12345]

For the creatives, it's true that you can memorise your essay kind of and rework it.
But I personally like to start from scratch for expository, risk having a mental blank. Never memorized before, but I have learnt aspects of each section and tried to revise them.

[yuuhei]

All sections of this exam!! 

[HERculina]

What about writing about three different essay on the same article for language analysis practice.
That way you vary your writing style?
Or would that be a no no?

[darkphoenix]

Context for sure.

No idea if what the hell im writing about most of the time.